International Care Ministries (ICM) has been serving the poor in the Philippines since 1992. At ICM, we believe that no one should live in abject poverty. With the right support, the right training and the right resources, the bondages of poverty can be broken.
In the last few years, ICM has reached nearly a half million ultrapoor people with life-changing, community-based, holistic education. Our programs create measurable improvement in families and whole regions across the central and southern Philippines. This wide impact is possible due to ICM’s unique approach of partnering with the existing infrastructure of local churches found in most Philippine slum communities.
After our four-month Transform program, ICM participants experience:
ICM inspires hope and provides help to transform lives.
The Key to Transformation
At ICM, we believe that no one should live in abject poverty. In the Philippines, mothers are usually the primary caretakers who provide for their physical, emotional and spritual development of their children. They are the providers of fuel and water for their homes.
Evey year, ICM works one-on-one with mothers and fathers for more than 20,000 households, positively impacting more than 100,000 family members. ICM's Transform Program delivers the right support, the right training an dthe right resources to unlock bondage of poverty.
Community Support
ICM Partners with pastors volunteers from local churches found in slums across the philippines. These local partners, who are the linchpin in our program, come alongside ICM families to provide ongoing support and encouragement essential for change. As the pastor, the volunteers and the participants gather for the weekly Transform meetings, they become a community support for each other as they learn and grow.
ICM Health and Livelihood Trainers
ICM's devoted teams of health and livelihood trainers stand with the poor as they embrace change. As peers who understand the hardships of slum life, ICM staff members are able to engage participants in transformational education in a non-threatening, interactive and supportive way. ICM has more than fifty health and livelihood teams that go out to the slums everyday.
